Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/16
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Tom.Henson@bakerbotts.com jotted down the following:
> I have an R8 I purchased recently and after reading your post I checked my
> serial number.
>
> It starts with242xxxx. I have run a couple of rolls of film through it with
> the motordrive attached. On the second roll it locked up about half-way
> through. I tried advaning manually but decided the film might be the problem
> and I didn't want to tear it so I rewound it.
>
> Does this sound like the kind of problem with the affected cameras in this
> serial number range?
I did a survey of R8 camera reliability. You may find it useful. See:
http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v18/msg11878.html
M.
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